Italy conquered the northern protectorates with over 12,000 troops from 1925

Evidence

If the transfer of Jubaland went smoothly enough, the case was very different with the extension of direct colonial rule to the two northern Italian protectorates. De Vecchi had urged this annexation from the time of his appointment; but authority was not given by Rome until July 1925, after a border incident in the previous year when a party of police from the British Protectorate had crossed over the frontier in pursuit of raiders from the Majerteyn Sultanate. The operations which were required to effect this change, though euphemistically described as a ‘colonial police action’, entailed strenuous efforts and the employment of more than 12,000 troops, including three battalions from Eritrea, and a division of Marines with naval support and reconnaissance planes. — I.M. Lewis, I. M. Lewis, A Modern History of the Somali_ Nation…, 279

Categorization

• XREF: The Italian annexation of the Majerteyn and Obbia sultanates completes the colonial conquest arc begun in earlier chapters.

Related

• Italy subdued the Benadir by treaty, bribes, and moderate force by 1920 (similarity 0.79)